Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπροαίρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπροαίρετος

Structure: ἀπροαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without set purpose, not deliberate

Examples

  • τῶν γὰρ ἀπροαιρέτων ἄν τι ἐκκλίνῃ, οἶδεν ὅτι περιπεσεῖταί ποτέ τινι παρὰ τὴν ἔκκλισιν τὴν αὑτοῦ καὶ δυστυχήσει. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 2:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἐξαπατηθέντα τινὰ ἔδει μαθεῖν, ὅτι τῶν ἐκτὸσ καὶ ἀπροαιρέτων οὐδέν ἐστι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ἐγὼ μὲν ἤθελον τὴν ἀπάτην ταύτην, ἐξ ἧσ ἤμελλον εὐρόωσ καὶ ἀταράχωσ βιώσεσθαι, ὑμεῖσ δ’ ὄψεσθ’ αὐτοὶ τί θέλετε. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 27:1)
  • ὃν οὐκ ἐξίστησιν οὐδὲν τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 21:1)
  • ὅταν ὑπῇ δόγματα ἀλλόκοτα περὶ τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων [π]ὡσ ὄντων ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν, πᾶσα ἀνάγκη θεραπεύει ν τοὺσ τυράννουσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 16:1)
  • καὶ πρὸσ τοῦτο δὲ τὸ πρόσωπον ὀφείλεται παραχώρησισ, εὐπείθεια, εὐφημία, μηδέποτ’ ἀντιποιήσασθαί τινοσ πρὸσ [ἑ]αὐτὸν τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων, ἀλλ’ ἡδέωσ ἐκεῖνα προίεσθαι, ἵν’ ἐν τοῖσ προαιρετικοῖσ πλέον ἔχῃσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. without set purpose

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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